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  1. Department of Sociology, Winona State University, Winona, MN, USA

    Krishna Roka

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  2. Ctr Neurosci & Cell Biology, 1 Floor, Univ Coimbra, Edf Fac Medicina, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

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    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

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    Sharif Ahmed Mukul

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Roka, K. (2019). Community-Based Natural Resources Management. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Life on Land. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71065-5_18-1

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